NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 00:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu stl.dining:1834 alt.punk:582344 "DH" (axe the x's)> wrote in message news:... > Bobo B. wrote: > > It's on St. Charles Rock Road at Ashby, in St. Ann, and it's called > > "My Family." > > Every time I go there my party are the only people who don't speak > > Spanish as a first language. Communication can be a bit difficult so > > tonight I printed up a card that says: > > > > Por favor hágame un burrito con asada, el aguacate, los pintos y Chile > > verde, con lechuga, el tomate y la crema amarga. No ponga por favor > > ningún cilantro en él. Traiga también, por favor el verde y el salsa > > rojo. Gracias. > > > > In Chicago you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a place that has > > comparable burritos with homemade chile puree (and in Chicago the > > burritos are 30 cents cheaper, $3.99 everywhere as opposed to $4.29 at > > this place), but when you figure in the mileage... I'm just happy I > > found this place. Now if I can just get them to leave the cilantro > > off I'll really be happy. > > > > I hope dictionary.com's translator doesn't make me look like an ass, > > or as they say, el burro. > > > > --Bryan > > You might want to post it to the "stl.dining" newsgroup. Thanks. I couldn't remember the name of that NG. Some cities use .eats, some .restaurants. > > Dave H. --Bryan
St. Louis, MO
I finally found good homestyle Mexican in StL
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu stl.dining:1858 Default U. wrote in message news:... > Bobo Bonobo? wrote: > > > > "DH" (axe the x's)> wrote in message news:... > > > Bobo B. wrote: > > > > It's on St. Charles Rock Road at Ashby, in St. Ann, and it's called > > > > "My Family." > > > > You might want to post it to the "stl.dining" newsgroup. > > > > Thanks. I couldn't remember the name of that NG. Some cities use > > .eats, some .restaurants. > > > This group's been pretty slow of late, mostly just spam. Good to see > some on-topic traffic. > > I've been hearing some good things about Mexican restaurants in the city > around Cherokee street, but I haven't tried any. The best place on Cherokee is the little taco stand near Record Exchange. The only problem is that none of those places on Cherokee have good chile rojo or chile verde. At that "My Family Mexican Mini Mart" the asada, bean and avocado burrito rocks, and they bring you this bowl of homemade red chile/tomatillo salsa to put on it. They also have homemade green. It's as good as you get in Chicago. The only down side is that sometimes they play Mexican music way too loud, and the servers can be hard to communicate with in English, but the owners are always there, and they speak good English. Also, if you don't like cilantro, tell them "no cilantro" on your burrito. That's the way I always order it, and the waitresses finally seem to comprende, since it's been over a month si. > > There's been an increase in Mexican population in North County in the > past few years, so I hope we'll get some authentic restaurants up here. > Pueblo Nuevo is very good, and has some authentic dishes to complement > the normal Tex-Mex stuff. > If you live up North you should definitely check this place out. I drive up there 2-3 times a week from Richmond Heights, and I often leave with a 16oz. cup of the chile that they sell me for $2.50. There's another place (a butcher shop) about a mile or so East of there that also makes good red and green chile salsas. It's called Carniceria Latino Americano, and they sell it for $12 for a mostly full gallon jug (you have to bring your own empty water jug), but they are undependable, and they give me the feeling that they think I'm really weird for eating so much salsa, and it almost seems like they sell it to me begrudgingly. It's just West of the Acapulco restaurant, which has awful food. Just awful. Pretty much like an El Maguey. I ate there once because I had a BOGO coupon from the Entertainment book. Never again. > > Brian Rodenborn --Bryan